Dave Burnison
Senior Technical Advocate, GitHub
Dave Burnison is listed as Senior Technical Advocate, GitHub. Dave is scheduled to speak at Microsoft Ignite 2026 on 19 November 2026.
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About
I am a Senior DevOps Advocate on the Azure DevOps & GitHub Enterprise Advocates Team. I am is very passionate about DevOps and application modernization. I am a link between the product group and customers and I have led executive briefings with leaders from 100’s of Microsoft's & GitHub’s enterprise customers. I joined Microsoft in January 2016 and moved over to GitHub in 2020. I have been focused on DevOps the entire time. The vast majority of my time is spent keeping up with all of the latest and greatest from GitHub, GitHub Copilot and Azure DevOps (from a product perspective). But my role is not just about delivering product demos, it is to be a trusted advisor. My strength is my view and knowledge of the overall software development lifecycle paired with technical skills which allow me to manage DevOps culture, processes & tools that enable software development teams to become as innovative, efficient and productive as possible. So, it's not just about "Look at t
Upcoming
Microsoft Ignite 2026 17 November 2026 – 20 November 2026
- Getting the most out of GitHub Copilot and Azure DevOps Speaker · 19 November 2026
- Manage GitHub Copilot spending and understand team adoption Speaker · 19 November 2026
Spoke alongside
People who have shared a session with Dave at events on B2DB.
- Dan Hellem Principal Product Manager, Azure DevOps · Microsoft 1 shared session
- Pallavi Challa Director of Product | Commerce & AI Monetization · GitHub 1 shared session
Others from GitHub
- Jessica Deen Staff Developer Advocate 2 sessions
- Meagan Cojocar Product 2 sessions
- Pallavi Challa Director of Product | Commerce & AI Monetization 2 sessions
- Ricky Diep Product Marketing 2 sessions
- Aaron Stewart Public Learning and Credentialing Director 1 session
- Aditya Sharad Principal Manager, Software Engineering 1 session
- Alejandro Menocal Senior DevOps Engineer 1 session
- Britni Burks Senior Customer Enablement Manager 1 session
- Carlin Cherry Senior Product Manager 1 session
- David Apirian Senior Director of Software Engineering 1 session
- David Losert Strategic Technical Architect, International 1 session
- Hailey Victory Senior Product Manager (Builder) 1 session